APB:R Criminal Gameplay

What can you do ingame being a criminal?

Criminals do all the bad stuff obviously, let me line them up for you so you know what you can do to earn you some ingame money!

Mugging people

Probably one of the funniest thing to do in San Paro is mugging people. However it's kinda risky as you're doing this on the open streets as you risk being witnessed by an enforcer (hired 'cops'). I recommend finding a nice mall with lots of people so you don't have to mug them in the open.

To mug someone, just walk up to the person and keep the action button pressed ('F' by default). If you want to stop mugging, in case you see that enforcer driving by, simply release the action button. When the circle that shows up is full, you're done mugging and you can pick up any items such as electronics, suitcases and jewelry. Pedestrians will drop stuff randomly after being mugged. Don't shoot them though, that won't give you any money or items! 


Ramraiding stores

 Another really funny thing to do is ramraiding. Just find a garage door or store front and ram it! If you ram it with your front of the vehicle, it might take two times, ramming with the back of your car takes more time but is more efficient, as it is also easier to load up any items from the store.

Just like mugging, stores and garages will randomly spawn items to pick up, after you've rammed the door/front, only it will be much more worthwhile doing, in terms of cash that is. Simply pick up the items with the action button ('F' by default) and load them in your trunk by walking up to it and pressing the action button again, rinse and repeat until your trunk is full. Now ramraiding is much more riskier than anything; everyone can see that van parked in front of a smashed store, and you'll be a nice target for enforcers. So make sure you ramraid in small streets and places that are less than obvious.

Wondering how much stuff your vehicle can carry? When in a vehicle, just check the top right of the screen where it says '0/5' for example. A large task item, such as TV's or a safe, take up 5, medium task items like a suitcase take up 2. Small items can be carried on you as a person. Your first personal vehicle will have a very small trunk, so you might have to make several runs. I don't recommend stealing a van (though it has the largest storage of all vehicles) and loading it up to the fullest, because other players can steal your van at all times (both enforcers and criminals) and deliver the items themselves.

Just save up some money instead, and buy your own personal van on the ingame marketplace (the van is called 'Packer Ceresco'), so neither enforcers or other criminals can steal your van, or take stuff out of it!


Stealing/breaking into vehicles

Need a car fast? Just go ahead and break into a vehicle by pressing the action button ('F' by default) when standing near the door. You can only break into vehicles that are parked. Watch out as the alarm might go off and you may call the attention of enforcers. If you just want to take a car from the street, simply press the action button while next to the door of the vehicle, and take it!





Causing mayhem

Now you don't just want to mug and ramraid, you can also kill pedestrians by either running them over or shooting them. Both will increase your notoriety. This is shown by the meter at the top left of the screen. At notoriety 5, you will get a bounty on your head, and everyone, I mean EVERYONE can kill you and receive money for it. So stay below level 5. Notoriety is increased by;






- mugging people
- killing people
- running people over
- stealing goods
- delivering stolen goods
- and ramming cars, signs, fences, billboards, and more!


What to do with stolen money and goods

Now once you've picked up and/or loaded up items in your vehicle and got some cash (if you mugged people), you really want to go to a contact (press 'M' for the map, and look for the suitcase icon) to deliver your items. To deliver small items, just walk up to a contact and stand close to it. To deliver medium items like suitcases, or large items like a safe or TV you'll need to unload these from your trunk. Just press the action button ('F' by default) near your trunk and deliver the items to your contact.

Finally when you've delivered all your items you must launder your dirty money. If you have over 1500$ on you, or that value in your car, you can be witnessed by an enforcer at all times, you don't need to be caught in any act, they can simply see how much money you have on you because the bills are flying out of your pocket (as a figure of speech)! So make your way to the laundry FAST! The laundry location is also displayed on the map. In  the Financial district it is located at the top right of the map. In Waterfront, it is somewhere in the middle of the map.

Is the doorway blocked? Then just get out of your vehicle and jump over the blockade and sprint (hold shift) to the location.